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June 2007 at rice paddy |
June 2007 at rice paddy |
| Family | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily | Lobelioideae |
| Scientific name | Lobelia chinensis Loureiro |
| Synonyms | Dortmannia campanuloides (Thunberg) Kuntze; Dortmannia chinensis Kuntze; Dortmannia radicans (Thunberg) Kuntze; Isolobus kerii A. de Candolle; Isolobus radicans (Thunberg) A. de Candolle; Isolobus roxburghianus A. de Candolle; Lobelia caespitosa Blume; Lobelia campanuloides Thunberg; Lobelia erinus Thunberg; Lobelia radicans Thunberg; Pratia radicans (Thunberg) G. Don; Pratia thunbergii G. Don; Rapuntium caespitosum C. Presl; Rapuntium campanuloides C. Presl; Rapuntium chinensis C. Presl; Rapuntium radicans C. Presl |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) aze-mushiro (アゼムシロ, 畦筵 [meaning: straw mat covering rice paddy path]), mizo-kakushi (ミゾカクシ, 溝隠 [meaning: swamp cover]) |
| (English common name) Chinese lobelia | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, India | |
| Habitat | Swamp, rice paddy path |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=42 |
| Description | Plants creeping 3-15cm tall. Leaves 1-2cm long, 2-4mm wide. Flower pale pink corollas ca. 1.5-3.0cm acriss, flowering in July to October. Fruits 5-7mm long, 0.3-0.4mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Lobelia chinensis Lour. |
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